Starfish bakes a Cooking Mama competitor

Office Create’s international Cooking Mama series sparked a number of imitators, but most of them lack the iconic character. Panpaka Panya-San makes up for it with a cast of mascot characters. You use a smiling pan, befriend a jovial oven mitt, and slice an unusually happy loaf of bread. The difference between Panpaka Panya-San and Cooking Mama is you’re spending time exclusively in bakery as Roux.

Panpaka Panya-San is scheduled to come out on July 3rd along with another lesser known game, Jawa. No North American release date has been announced, but this seems like something 505 Games will publish in Europe since they’re cashing out on the Cooking Mama series.